Little Miss Broadway (B&W/Color Versions) DVD

Shirley Temple. A trained penguin. Dwarfs tap dancing. Jugglers. Assorted musicians. And all this happening in the courtroom of Judge Claude Gillingwater. "Little Miss Broadway" (1938) is a wonderful kaleidoscope of chaos and confusion told through the eyes of a vaudevillian. The center of it all is Shirley Temple, an orphan who is supervised by her kind uncle. Her uncle also just happens to be the manager of a hotel where all the vaudeville performers live. George Murphy, Jimmy Durante and a host of others offer enough cameo appearances in the film to make this a variety show worth watching.